Garment-pressing machine



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w fiz TENT FFEC WILLIAM A. ZEIDLEB, OF NEW YORK, N. Y, ASSIGOR T UNITED STTES HOFFE- HAGHINERY CORPORATION,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF DELWAR-E.

G-PEESSING MACHINE.

Application, flled March 18, 1922, Serial Ro. fi.

The object of my inventionl is to provide a machine of this ty e in which a gai'inent may be pressed while ot and moist under the influence of steam and then dried and cooled 6 before being removed from the machine so that the efl'ect of the pressing 'Will be substantial and more permanent than is possible with machines from which the garment is removed while hot. This and other ob- 10 jects are-accoin lished by my invention, one

embodiment ofp particularly set forth.

For a more detailed description of my invention, reference is to be had to the accom- 15 palnying drawings, forming a. part hereof, in

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F igure 1 is a side elevation of a machine embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the same with '20 parts broken away to more clearly reveal .the structure.

Figure isa-sectional view, taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 4 shows a portion of a sliding air valve. p

Throughout the various Views of the drawings, similar reference characters dcsignate similar parts.

My improved machine 1 is provided with a head 2 ofthe conventional kind which is supplied by steam, in a manner which will lbe described below, and. a buck 3 which is lixedly mounted onl the frame 4 of the machine. The head 2 is carried by arms 5 which are pivoted at 6 to the frame et. Steam is supplied to the appai'atus by means of a. boiler which has steam pipes 8 which supply both the head and the buck with steam in the cdnventional manner so that both are supplied at all times when the machine is in use.

there appears a steam Chamber 9 which is constantly heated and under the pad 10. There are no openings between the steam chamber 9 and the pad 10 and the pad is constantly heated, as is obvious. he boiler 7 receives the condensed steam from the chamber 9 and a corresponding Chamber in the head 2 by means of the return pipes 11, all of which are mounted and connected in the oonventional wa P and require no explanation here. From t lis it will be understood that steam passes from the boiler into the head and buck and'thenee either in the form which is hereinafter moreA Inl Figure 3 the buck is shown in section and' of steam' or water baclr into the boiler, and if necessary, a pump or inspirator may be used to force the condensed water or cooled steam back into the boiler.

The head 2 is raised or lowered by means ge of a handle 12 which turns in' suitable bearings 13 which are secured to the head2 in the conventional manner. This handle carries a crank 14 which is fixed thereon and pivoted to a link 15 which in turn is connected to a valve gear 16 in a pipe 8 so that live steam ma go through a pipe or rojection 16a an immediately under the c 0th 17 on the head 2, as is customaryin such structures. It is obvious from the foregoing that the handle 12 may be'turned so that steam will be adinitted to the under surface of tlie head whence it passes through the clotli 17 which is secured thereon in the conventional manner. Assuming that a garment 18 is placed on the buck 3 and rests on the cloth 19 of the pad 10 and the head w 2 is lowered, steamwill pass through the cloth 17 and garment 18 and pad 10 in a manner which Will now bedescribed.

The pad 10 is composed of an outer cloth 19 and inner cloths, or felts 20 which surinount a plain gauze 21 which in turn is on top a number of corrugated spring gauzes 22 which have adjacent layers with corru ations running iii different directions so t at cori'ugations in one layer will run across and not with the corrugations in other layers. This not only gives a resilient support for the cover 19 which is secured on the. buch 3 in the usual manner, but it also provides a inediiim through which steam and air may pass in a manner which will be described below. This steam and airiis exhausted, but never supplied by means of a suitable port 23 which lhas its bottom normaliy closed by a flat valve 24, but which may be opened through a treadle 25 and link 26, if desired, and at the volition of the operator using the apparatus' .This port 23 is connected to an exhaust pipe or tube 27 which runs to the intake of a centrifugal air pump 28 which is run by an electric motor, not shown, and supplied by wires 22 and ,30, from any suitable source, and controlled by a switch 31 so'that by closing the switch the pump will operate and by o ening' the vswitch it will cease to operate. his pump forces air through an outlet 32 and downwardly in a Vertical direction either ll) directly into the atmosphere or into a tube 33 which runs to a check valve 34 which is connected by an elbow 35 to the interior of the upright 16a and the check valve is so made that air can flo w towards this projection 16'* and through .it and from the pump 28, but not in Athe reverse direction and steam cannot flow through this tube 33.

The pump 28 is supported by a rod 36 that runs to the frame 4 and is connected thereto in any suitable manner, not shown. An under plate 37 of this pump carries a slide 38 to which the tubes 27 and 33 are connected. This slide 38 at its inner end is provided with two pintles or rollers 39 which are engaged by the upstanding end of an arm 40 fixedly connected to one of the arms 5 and `swings with them. The slide is shown in Figure 4 where it appears there is a recess 41 which registers with the intake of the pump 28 and is in communication with the atmosphere, a second opening 42 ``which is connected with the tube 27, a third opening 43 which is connected to the tube 33 and a fourth opening 44 which. leads to the atmosphere. It 'will be noted that the openings 42 and 44 may be under the pump 28 in which event the-pump will draw from the tube 27 and discharge into the atmosphere, or it may function through the openings 41 and 43, in which event the pump v28 will draw from the atmosphere and force air under pressure into the tube 33, and it will be further noted that the rod 40 and its connected parts are so placed that when the head 2 is lowered on a garment 18, the openings 41 and 43 will function, and when the head is raised the openings 42 and 44 will function, as above described.

When the pump is acting to force air through pipe 33, the operator may open valve 24 and under such conditions air will be forced through the head and buck and through the garment held between the same, passing through the spring padding and out through ort 23. Inasmuch as the head is heated at :51 times, the air will be warmed and itspassage through the arment in such condition tends to quickly ry the garment While it is still held underpressure.

In view of the foregoing, the o eration of my improved machine Will be reagilyiunder- Stood. The principal parts o f the head and buck are always hot, as above described, and assuming this to be the case, a garment 18 is put in position on the buck 3 and is ready to be pressed. The handle 12 is then turned to let a little steam pass through the cloth 17 and at this time the head is lowered'and preferably clamped in the convention'al manner by means, not shown, on the garment which rests onthe buck. The garment is Steamed say for about twenty seconds and pressed, the steam is then shut oil' yand the the motor, the head is unclamped and raised,

which operation shifts the slide 38, as above described, so that the tube 33 is disconnected from the pump and the tube 27 is connected. Meanwhile the valve 24 has been closed so that air is sucked through the garment and pad 10 until the garment is cooled and dried and set whereby the effect of the pressing is made durable as compared with ordinary pressing where the pressed goods are removed while hot and perhaps a little moist from the steam. Not only is the pressing made more Permanent than before, but the cycle of operation is much shortened by the free use o atmospheric air for the purposes specified. The switch 31 is then opened and the garment may be immediately removed almost as soon as the head is brought to rest and then another garment inserted, and 'this cycle of Operations may be repeated indefinitely. w

From the foregoing it will be seen-that when the head is opened or raised, the valve Will be shifted so that the exhaust pump -28 will create a suction through the line or pipe 27 and the exhaust port or passage 23, which is connected thereto, and which. extends. to the buck on lower pressing member. The shifting or opening of the valve to'connect the exhaust line is automatically effected through the mechanism above described; It is to be notedthat the Operating means for said valve is actuated by the actuating means flor he movable pressing element, to Wit, the

While I have shown and described one embodiment of lmy invention, it is obvious that it is not restricted thereto, but that it is broad enou h to cover all structur'es that come within t e scope of the a'nnexed claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In an apparatus of the v`class desc'ribed, a buck and means for supporting the same, a movable head and'meansfor snpporting the same, means for turning steam' into the head and passing the same through a gar- .ment while clamped and means for blowing air through the head so as to expel the'steam while the garment remainsv in its clamped position.

2. In an apparatus of the class described, a movable head and means for supporting the same, means`for 'allowing steam to pass through the lower surface of said head, a buck and means for supporting the same adjacent to said head, means for turning steam head engages the buck and means for exhausting air through said pad When the head is ofl' the buck.

4. In an apparatus of the class described, cooperative pressing elements, one of which is provided with a pad, means for introducing steam between said elements and means for forcing the same from between said elements b means of an air blast under pressure an through the pad. o

5. In an apparatus of the class described,

cooperative pressing elements, one of which has a pad, means for introducing steam from the element which does not carry the said padand means for rovidin the same with air through the pa while t e two elements are in contact and not otherwise and means for exhausting steam and air throu h the pad when the elements are separate 6. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of cooperative pressing elements adapted to be brought together to press a garment between them, means for passing steam` through the garment when under pressure so as to heat the same, means for passin air through the steamed garment so that t e steam is somewhat condensed and the arment moistened, means forA separating t e pressing elements leaving the garment on one of the elements, and means for' passinglair through the garment while so supported so as to thoroughly dry and set the same. v

7. In a garment press, the combination of cooperating pressing elements; means for e'ecting steam onto a garment held between the same; means for forcing air through the garment held between the pressing elements; 'and means for subsequently drawing air through the garment, when said pressing elements are separated.

8. In a garment press, the combination ofa buck; a padding mounted thereon, said padding being of such form that air or steam may pass therethrough; a head movable into pressing relation with the buck; means for ejecting steam onto the rment being pressed; means for forcing air through the garment and the garment supporting padding when the press is closed; and means for subsequently drawing air through the garment and padding when the press is opened.

9. In a garment press, the combination of a buck; a padding mounted thereon, said padding being ervious so that air or steam may pass theret rough; a head movable into pressing relation with the buck; means for ejecting steam onto the garment being pressed; an air forcing pump; a valve controlling the assage of air to and from the same; a con uit extending from the pressure lside of the pump to the head; a conduit extending from the exhaust side of the pump to the padding; and means actuated by the press, as the same vis opened and closed, to shift the valve and to thereby place the pump in o erative relation with one or the other con uit.

y v10. In a garment press, the combination of a buck; a padding mounted thereon, said padding being pervious so that air or steam may pass therethrough' a head movable into pressing relation with the buck; means for ejecting steam.onto the garment being pressed; an air forcin pump; a valve controlling the assage o air to and from the same; a con uit extending from the pressure side of the pum to the head; a conduit, embodying a va ve opening to the atmosphere, extending from the exhaust side of the pump to the padding; and means actuated by the ress, as the same is opened and closed, to s ift the valve and to therebv place the pump in operative relation with one or the other conduit.

-. 11. In apparatus of the class described, Athelcombination of a air of pressing memv bers,actuatin means t erefor, a'suction pipe connected wit one of said members, a valve in said pipe, and operating means for said valve actuated b t e first-mentioned means to close said va ve when said members are closed and to automatically ,hold said valve open when said members are opened.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 13 da of March, 1922.

WILIAM'A. ZEIDLER. 

